When he spoke he fired imaginary shots with his gun shaped hands
9 September 2025Когда он говорил, он производил воображаемые выстрелы своими руками в форме пистолета is a collection of historical photographs assembled over eight years in a unique and poignant collaboration with the Archive of Modern Conflict (UK) and two close friends—a Ukrainian and a Russian soldier—both also avid photography collectors—who have chosen to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals from their respective communities. Their partnership is imbued with a deep historical irony, as their parents fought on the same side as soldiers within the Soviet Union during WWII and the subsequent Cold War.
view videoThe SONY World Photographer of the Year 2023
12 September 2023The World Photography Organisation reflects on crowning Edgar Martins The SONY World Photographer of the Year 2023.
His award winning series Our War uses as a jumping off point a speculative investigation into the death and disappearance of Martins’ close friend of mine, the photojournalist Anton Hammerl, during the 2011 Libyan war.
Edgar Martins is crowned SONY World Photographer of the Year 2023
27 April 2023The World Photography Organisation interviews Edgar Martins about being crowned The SONY World Photographer of the Year 2023.
His award winning series Our War uses as a jumping off point a speculative investigation into the death and disappearance of Martins’ close friend of mine, the photojournalist Anton Hammerl, during the 2011 Libyan war.
NFT: Untitled #1 from the series The Strange Case of Achilles and the Tortoise, 2020, by Edgar Martins
9 June 2022These 1min animated videos are available solely as unique edition NFTs. Produced, entirely, with discardable by-products of the printing process, this series reflects on how photography has become increasingly aligned to Technocapitalist doctrine and over-reliant on constant upgrading & optimisation, to the detriment of the creative process.
viewNFT: Untitled #2 from the series The Strange Case of Achilles and the Tortoise, 2020
8 June 2022These 1min animated videos are available solely as unique edition NFTs. Produced, entirely, with discardable by-products of the printing process, this series reflects on how photography has become increasingly aligned to Technocapitalist doctrine and over-reliant on constant upgrading & optimisation, to the detriment of the creative process.
viewCynthia Sitei interviews Edgar Martins about his exhibition @ Ffotogallery, Wales
30 May 2022Cynthia Sitei interviews Edgar Martins on the occasion of the opening of his critically-acclaimed exhibition What Photography & Inc. have in Common with an Empty Vase at Ffotogallery, Cardiff (Feb-Apr 2022).
viewWhat Photography & Inc. have in Common with an Empty Vase @ the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, UK (full film)
19 February 2021Edgar Martins’ exhibition What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (Jan-May 2021), is the most comprehensive exhibition of this work to date, with over 100 artworks, film & photo-installation.
viewWhat Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase @ the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, UK (trailer)
12 February 2021Edgar Martins’ exhibition What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (Jan-May 2021), is the most comprehensive exhibition of this work to date, with over 100 artworks, film & photo-installation.
viewIn conversation event with the nominees of the best photobook of the year of the Paris Photo & Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards 2020
10 December 2020Sarah Meister, photography curator at MoMA, New York is in conversation with Edgar Martins, Gloria Oyarzabal, Soumya Sankar Bose and June Canedo, in the context of the Paris Photo & Aperture Photobook Awards 2020. What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase is selected as one of the best photobooks of 2020.
viewWhat Photography & Inc. have in Common with an Empty Vase is shortlisted for the Paris Photo & Aperture Photobook Awards 2020
25 November 2020Edgar Martins’ new book is his most ambitious, experimental and challenging editorial project to date. It is published over two books, with 500 pages, 160 illustrations and includes a facsimile copy of an inmate’s journal, as well as a film. The publication is recognised in the Paris Photo & Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards 2020 in the Best Photobook of the year category.
viewWhat Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase, a new book by Edgar Martins (trailer)
22 November 2019What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase is Edgar Martins’ most ambitious, experimental and challenging editorial project to date. It is available as a two-book publication, including 500 pages, 160 photographs and documents, a facsimile copy of an inmate’s journal, as well as a film, all contained in a genuine prison evidence bag.
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